Guntersville (Ala.) Mayor Leigh Dollar is working with city officials to pass an ordinance that would give police the power to disarm individuals during a disaster, a chilling example of how the second amendment is being assaulted via the back door.

The new rule would allow authorities to confiscate guns of unruly people during an extreme weather event such as the April 2011 tornadoes or any other emergency.

The ordinance states officers could disarm individuals, if necessary, reports ABC 31. Dollar says the proposal is just way to give officers more authority to protect themselves.

Dollar denied that the ordinance would be used to take away constitutional rights, but residents questioned why authorities would need to pass a new ordinance given that police already have the power to arrest citizens who are being unruly, whether armed or not.

Well, it seems like an infringement on the 2nd Amendment and thats the biggest problem I have with it, said Guntersville Music Academy teacher Paul Landry.

Authorities are seemingly attempting to mirror unconstitutional gun grab powers that were enacted in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

In the aftermath of Katrina, the New Orleans Police, National Guard troops, and U.S. Marshals confiscated firearms. Guns will be taken. Only law enforcement will be allowed to have guns, New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass declared as he prepared to violate the Second Amendment.

The National Guard conducted warrantless house-to-house searches, targeting not just Hurricane-hit areas under the pretext of stopping violent looters, but also high and dry homes that were not even affected by the storm.

Authorities even confiscated pistols from old ladies, as documented in the video below..

I remember seeing them knock down that old lady, take her gun and force her out of her home even though she was fine. Meanwhile the police and the criminals were havng a field day committing rape, robbery and murder. The gun confiscation of good citizens broke my heart more than any of the aftermath of Katrina.

These people are setting up a scenario in which a LEO gets killed trying to disarm a desperate citizen during a disaster. Thus setting up “Proof” that the population can't control themselves and should not have access to guns. Period

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posted on 02/27/2013 7:42:54 AM PST
by Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)

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